It is also featured in other of his writings (1952) Named after an over-the-counter poison-antidote syrup which induces vomiting. van Vogt's The World of Null-A (serialized in Astounding Science Fiction in 1945) Forster's short story ' The Machine Stops' (1909)
This is considered to be the first description of a fictional device that in any way resembles a computer (1726).
